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20 <br /> 1 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Price to <br /> 2 approve the charge and composition (12 total positions) of the Orange County Broadband <br /> 3 Taskforce and authorize the Clerk to the Board to advertise for residents to apply for the Task <br /> 4 Force. <br /> 5 <br /> 6 Commissioner Bedford asked if Commissioner McKee can be added to this task force <br /> 7 now. <br /> 8 Chair Rich said to fill all the slots and vote on the appointments at one time. <br /> 9 Chair Rich called each Commissioner by name (roll call). <br /> 10 <br /> 11 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 12 <br /> 13 7. Reports <br /> 14 <br /> 15 a. Update from the Orange County Food Council <br /> 16 The Board received an update from the Food Council about activities in the 2020-2021 <br /> 17 fiscal year and a preliminary report on the state of food insecurity during the COVID-19 <br /> 18 pandemic. <br /> 19 <br /> 20 Ashley Heger, Food Council Coordinator, reviewed the item below: <br /> 21 <br /> 22 BACKGROUND: <br /> 23 The Food Council Coordinator was hired in July 2019. This new Coordinator position was <br /> 24 approved through an interlocal agreement process and is jointly funded by Orange County, <br /> 25 Chapel Hill, Hillsborough and Carrboro. The Coordinator is charged with coordinating the Food <br /> 26 Council and helping it achieve its goals. This presentation will provide an update of the <br /> 27 Coordinator's work and progress since July 2019 plus an overview of the Food Council's actions <br /> 28 and plans in the 2020 - 2021 fiscal year. The Coordinator will also be providing an update about <br /> 29 food insecurity in the County during the Covid19 pandemic. A food security presentation was <br /> 30 shared during the County Commissioner's board retreat in January 2020 and the update will <br /> 31 focus on new information gathered since the start of the pandemic. <br /> 32 <br /> 33 Ashley Heger, Food Council Coordinator, made the following PowerPoint presentation: <br /> 34 <br /> 35 Slide #1 <br /> 36 iromn <br /> •• M1yriJ Iki-i <br /> 38 ORANGE COUNTY <br /> 39 ��� ® FOOD COUNCIL <br /> 40 '�"� <br /> 41 <br /> 42 <br /> 43 2019 Review a <br /> 44 2020-2021 Scope of Work <br /> 45 <br /> 46 Slide #2 <br /> 47 I. Progress report 2018 - now <br /> 48 <br /> 49 II_ Scope of work for the 2020 -2021 fiscal year <br /> 50 <br /> III.Update an the state of food insecurity <br /> (follow up from the BOCC January 2020 Board Retreat) <br />